When the wedding is adults only

Say it once, kindly, and in the same voice as the rest of the card. Address each invitation to the adults you are inviting; then a short last line, or a word on the reply card and the website, does the rest. No apology needed.

Traditional Warm Modern

Traditional

Mr and Mrs Vikram Rao
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Priya & Etienne
Adults-only reception
to follow

The invitation proper stays formal and third person; the reception line underneath says who it is for without a “please” or a “sorry”.

Too long for The Overprint, whose names fill the card. Fits The Crest and The Date.

Warm

Priya & Etienne
would love you to join them
for a grown-ups-only celebration

Affection first, then who it is for. No apology needed.

Modern

Priya & Etienne
are getting married.
Adults only, please.

Two words and a please. Clear is kind.

What people ask

Should “no children” go on the invitation?: Not in those words. Address the envelope and each household’s link to the adults invited, and say it once, positively (“adults-only reception”), on the card, the reply card or the website. Purists keep it off the card altogether; the addressing does it.
What about babies in arms, or the couple’s own family?: Exceptions are fine; say so on the website (“except the babies in our own families”) so nobody feels singled out.
Someone replied for their children anyway.: It happens. On deckle.page each household’s link names who was invited, and the reply shows how many they said are coming, so you will see it and can call them kindly.

Last checked 4 October 2026.

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